The Faith Of Our Fathers, Is There Any Left?

  I lost my father to cancer three years ago. I wish I has listened to his advice on a great deal of things especially when I was a young man. I suppose every young man falls victim to the ignorance of youth coupled with the stubbornness of pride. I only wish now more than ever my dad could know how much I miss him and how much I learned from him. My mother,  gave my my character  and traditional Christian family values, my father molded those values and taught me what they meant and how to use them.My father,  taught me the importance of having a good name. He taught me me that a man's word is the most important thing to guard and maintain because when a man gives his word it should mean something and I learned that when you keep your word people soon learn very quickly,what kind of person you are and if they consider you worthy of their trust. My father,  used to say,that there is no substitute for character, you either have it or you don't.
  I pray every day that I may pass these same values on to my daughter. Someone  has said, that children get their first concept or impression of God,  from watching  their father, if this is true I must admit I feel the awesomeness of that responsibility and I shutter to think about the impression of God, my daughter may have from watching me. I'm afraid I am often all to human with human weaknesses  and I all to often fall far too  short from the perfect love and wisdom and patience of  God. I pray my daughter will learn to forgive me when I fall short of some of God's expectations the same way I learned to forgive my dad when he at times fell short of some of Gods expectations, the same way God forgives me even now when I at times fail in his expectations for me.
  I often wonder about this nations founding fathers and the faith of those fathers. Sometimes, I find my self wondering if they were alive today would they recognize America today,  and even more important, would they find any real faith left in this country? God,  has largely been pushed out of our government he has no place in our schools he certainly has no place in our courts. The Bible,  has all but been abandoned along with the constitution it seems that God,  plays no real roll in our nations cultural consciousness, even in many of America's churches I'm afraid often God is surprisingly absent. Christians,  everywhere must now stand and speak out and ask God, to help them reestablish and rebuild the faith of our fathers because if they don't in another generation I don't know if their will be any faith of our fathers left in this nation. I an not ashamed of the Gospel,of Christ, for it is the power of God, unto salvation. I am not ashamed of the Christian principals and values that established this great nation.I pray Christian fathers, everywhere will teach there families about the God, and the faith of our fathers for this is the only hope for our future generations and this will determine the fate of our nation. Consider this, a call to arms Christian fathers, arm yourself with the armor of God that is the shield of faith the sword of truth and the breastplate of righteousness. The battle is on Christian fathers, and it's time to stand and lead! As always, my friends, these thoughts, remain, just, some words, to think on.